Past Events
Recordings, slides, and summaries from previous Christchurch AI meetups.
Agent Management & Engineering Habits
Replay from Christchurch AI's June meetup on managing AI agents, agentic project scoping, evaluation habits, and practical engineering workflows.
The AI Tension — Implementation vs Existential Risk
Replay, slides, and recap from Christchurch AI’s May meetup on AI literacy, governance, coordination, and the debate around the Doom Thesis.
Vibe Coding & Web App Development with AI
Greg Dickson on turning SOPs into working web apps with Manis, plus Caelan Huntress on vibe coding with Claude, agents, skills, and live app demos.
AI Multimedia: Image Generation & Video Generation
A hands-on exploration of AI image and video generation — from Ghibli-style transformations to live demos with Sora, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
AI & Data Testing + Create a Coaching Relationship with AI
Hamish Watson on why good AI requires good data, plus Caelan Huntress on building a genuine coaching relationship with AI — including personality profiles and the coaching container.
AI Reasoning & Context Engineering
Andy Masters on tiny recursive reasoning models and the festive Christmas tree packing Kaggle challenge — with live audience participation. Plus Caelan Huntress on context engineering and the PILLARS framework.